Myrmecioptychium

Myrmecioptychium is an extinct lychniscosidan hexasterophoran sea sponge, which is a subgenus of Coeloptychium.[1][2][3][4] Its remains have been found in Santonian-Maastrichtian-aged deposits in Germany and Poland. The type species, M. bodei, was named in 1912.[5] It is only known from a single locality at Broitzem, Germany.

Myrmecioptychium
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 84.9–70.6 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Hexactinellida
Subclass:
Hexasterophora
Order:
Lychniscosida
Family:
†Coeloptychidae

Roemer, 1864
Genus:
†Coeloptychium

Goldfuss, 1826
Subgenus:
†Myrmecioptychium

Schrammen, 1912
Binomial name
†Myrmecioptychium bodei
Schrammen, 1912

References
  1. R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3):1-872 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
  2. "Myrmecioptychium Schrammen, 1912". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  3. "Fossilworks: Coeloptychium (Myrmecioptychium)". fossilworks.org. Fossilworks. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  4. "Transitory level of modular organization in the Late Cretaceous hexactinellids (Porifera)". ResearchGate.
  5. A. Schrammen. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:176-385
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